I didn’t phrase it all too well, but I was referring to the fact that, not only was he against an extended, revised cut, but additionally the powers that be added time codes to the deleted scenes to prevent anyone else from attempting the same.
Well in that case I think it’s consistent. If indeed they are refusing to do an extended version, it would make sense that they do not want pirated blu-rays competing by offering something they are not willing to do. But I don’t necessarily think that the time codes are strictly for that reason. I’ve seen similar in plenty of DVDs and Blu-rays, just not the previous Star Wars releases. And we’re talking about six or seven 20-50 second clips anyway.
I think one point about not having an extended release on the BD was to avoid doing anything “SE-like” this early on, even if there are of course less problematic ways of doing it (including both versions in the release). It would still bring in a bunch of “George was right! Even JJ is a revisionist!” type nonsense.
Maybe once (if) they’ve released the OOT, they will be more likely to do such things. But personally, I think they are more interested in spacing out all the deleted materials over the next decade in re-releases than they are in creating an extended cut.